---
name: "vmgen"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gforth"
version: "0.7.3+dfsg-9+b3"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vmgen"
---

# vmgen(1)

a tool for writing fast and efficient interpreters

## NAME

vmgen - a tool for writing fast and efficient interpreters

## SYNOPSIS

`vmgen` INPUTFILE

## DESCRIPTION

**Vmgen** is a tool for writing efficient interpreters.  It takes a simple virtual machine description and generates efficient C code for dealing with the virtual machine code in various ways (in particular, executing it).  The run-time efficiency of the resulting interpreters is usually within a factor of 10 of machine code produced by an optimizing compiler.

The main documentation for vmgen is in info format.  Please use  `info vmgen` for the complete documentation on vmgen.

## SEE ALSO

The Vmgen manual in info format

`https://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/projects/forth.html`.

## AUTHORS

**Vmgen** was written by Anton Ertl, Bernd Paysan, Jens Wilke and others. This manpage was created for the Debian GNU/Linux project by Eric Schwartz. Any problems with it are entirely his fault.